"Strong in Zeal but Impotent in Head:" British Responses to the Cattle Plague in the eighteenth century.

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Abstract

The essay explores the eighteenth-century outbreaks of rinderpest in Britain, which set up the current government practice to control the spread of very infectious diseases. Had the essay been written six months later, it would have explored the current COVID-19 Lockdown as a similar response.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationReconsidering Extinction in terms of Global Bioethics
EditorsStan Booth , Chris Mounsey
Place of PublicationLondon
Chapter5
Pages97-111
Number of pages14
ISBN (Electronic)9781003107132
Publication statusPublished - 22 Apr 2021

Publication series

NameRoutledge Advances in the History of Bioethics
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Volume3

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